Born in the blood : on Native American translation / edited and with an introduction by Brian Swann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swann, Brian.

Series:

Native literatures of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Languages--Translating.

Indians of North America.

Indian literature--North America--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Indian literature.

Indians of North America--Languages.

North America.

Physical Description:

476 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2011]

Summary:

Praise for Brain Swann's Algonquian Spirit Contemporary Transltions of the Algonquian Literatures of North America

Since Europeans first encountered Native Americans, problems relating to language and text translation have been an issue. Translators needed to create the tools for translation, such as dictionaries, still a difficult undertaking todya. Although the fact that many Native languages do not share even the same structures or classes of words as European languages has always made translation difficult, translating cultural values and perceptions into the idiom of another culture renders the process even more diffucult.

In Born in the Blood, noted translator and writer Brian Swann gathers some of the foremost scholars in the field of Native American translation to address the many and varied problems and concerns surrounding the process of translating Native American languages and texts. The essays in this collection address such important questions as, what should be translated? how should it be translated? who should do translation? and even, should the translation of Native literature be done at all? This volume also includes translations of songs and stories. Book jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803267596

0803267592

OCLC:

664258809